Putin won 72.3% of votes cast abroad in presidential election: RIA

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin won 72.3 per cent of the votes at polling stations abroad in a March 15-17 election, state-run RIA news agency quoted the electoral commission as saying on Wednesday.

Russians living abroad, including many who have fled Russia since the start of the Ukraine war, were able to vote at Russian embassies and consulates.

Official results gave Putin a new six-year term with 87.3 per cent of the total vote.